Podcast: Deja vu. It’s time (again) for major changes for the Miami Hurricanes’ offense
The 2019 regular season for the Miami Hurricanes ended even worse than we possibly could have imagined. First they lost to the FIU Panthers — an inexcusable result regardless of how the season was playing out or how the game went.
Miami was already at rock bottom when it traveled to Durham, North Carolina, to play the Duke Blue Devils on Saturday. Somehow, the Hurricanes dug even deeper, dropping the regular-season finale 27-17.
All the big questions which emerged after Miami’s loss to FIU are blaring louder than ever, with one just as loud as it has ever been: What can the Hurricanes do to fix their offense?
It’s deja vu on the Eye on the U podcast as David Wilson and Susan Miller Degnan, the Miami Herald’s Hurricanes beat writer, find themselves answering exactly the same question they were answering last year when former coach Mark Richt couldn’t figure out how to solve Miami’s longstanding offensive woes. We make the case for coach Manny Diaz to make major, structural changes on offense yet again. Offensive coordinator Dan Enos finds himself firmly on the hot seat.
It’s also our end-of-the-regular-season episode, which means we have to do some reflecting on the season as a whole — the bad and the good. We each hand out our year end awards, including most valuable player, freshman of the year and our biggest surprises — again, the bad and the good.
Meanwhile, the offseason is in full swing as the Hurricanes (6-6, 4-4 Atlantic Coast) wait on their bowl assignment. We run through the postseason options for Miami and make our appeal not to go to Shreveport, Louisiana, for the Independence Bowl.
The regular season is over, but we will be back. Next week we’ll break down the Hurricanes’ bowl selection and dive into some recruiting talk, which we didn’t have time to get to on this loaded episode.
This story was originally published December 5, 2019 at 8:00 AM.
